Miter tool



Dec.v29, 1931. E. w. ZERBEL 1,838,607

MITER TOOL Filed Jan. 5, 1929 INVENTOR.

3 Emil 11 287496;

ATTORNEY.

Patented Dec. 29, 1931 EMIL WILLIAM ZERBEL,

PATENT OFFICE OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN MITER TOOL Application filed January 5, 1929. Serial No. 330,656.

This invention relates to miter tools.

The main object of the invention is to provide a miter tool for laying off and for cutting miters in moulding and other small 6 work.

Another object of the invention is to provide a nonadjustable improved tool for the purpose named which shall be simple and efficient in operation and which maybe in- 10 expensively manufactured.

Other objects of the invention will appear as the disclosure progresses. The drawings are intended to merely indicate a possible embodiment of the invention. It is obvious 16 that the actual needs of manufacture may necessitate certain mechanical changes. It is therefore not intended to limit the invention to the embodiment illustrated but rather to define such limits in the appended claims.

20 For a more general understanding of the invention attention is called to the drawings.

In these drawings like reference characters denote like parts throughout the specification.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a top plan view of the miter tool.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Figure in a common plane and meeting at right 2111- used for drawing a guide line for the saw or the saw can be directly guided against said flanges thus providing means for making a straight cut. The device can be cast or stamped from one piece of material.

Having described my invention, I claim:

1. In a tool of the class described, a square comprising two arms lying in a common plane and meeting at right angles, flanges on the outer edges of said arms and extending throughout their length and at right angles to the plane of the arms, a connecting member extending as a hypothenuse between said arms and lying in said common plane, a flange on the connecting member extending throughout its length and bent at right angles thereto in a direction opposite to said first named flanges, said tool being stamped from a single sheet of material.

2. In a'tool of the class described, a square comprising two arms lying in a common plane and meeting at right angles, flanges on the outer edges of said arms and extending throughout their length and at right angles to the plane of the arms, a connecting mem ber extending as a hypothenuse between said arms and lying in said common plane, and a flange on the connecting member extending throughout its length and bent at right angles thereto in a direction opposite to said first named flanges.

EMIL IVILLIAM ZERBEL.

gles at the apex 3. At the outer edges of said arms and extending throughout their length are downwardly bent flanges A and 5 bent at right angles to said arms. Numeral 6 designates a connecting member extending as a 40 hypotenuse between said arms'and lying in the same plane and 7 a flange on said connecting member extending throughout its length and bent at right angles thereto in a direction opposite to the flanges4 and 5.

It will thus be seen that I have provided a simple, inexpensive and efficient tool for the purpose specified. In operation the flange 7 with the arms 1 and 2 resting on the article to be out can be placed against the edge thereof and the flanges 4 and 5 can be 

